Manx2 inquest: survivors were terrified they would burn alive

Passengers recall horror as plane crashed, reports Eoin English.

Manx2 inquest: survivors were terrified they would burn alive

SHE was injured and trapped, strapped into her mangled seat, hanging upside down with her head just inches from tonnes of mud, which had poured into the fuselage as the plane careered inverted off the runway.

Amid anguished screams of pain and cries for help, she could smell fuel and an engine fire burning just yards away.

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